Idolothripina

Eow, L. X., Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2011, Genera of Spore-Feeding Thysanoptera from Southeast Asia (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), with a species checklist from Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 2928 (1), pp. 1-19 : 16

Subtribe Idolothripina

This group comprises 10 genera. Most of the described species are from the Old World tropics, but the group has also radiated slightly into the Holarctic region, possibly more than once. The males commonly have elongate tubercles (drepanae) laterally on one or more tergites. These males lack a fore tarsal tooth, and this suggests that in these species male/male competition involves the use of the abdomen as a weapon rather than the fore legs. The generic classification is less than satisfactory, with genera distinguished on the form of the abdominal turbercles and the length of the maxillary stylets.